CPTAP Resources

Suggested Outlines/Templates

• Suggested Outline for Tax Collection Database Studies
  (Updated 4/18/08)
• Suggested Outline for Collaborative Assessing Studies  
  Note: Additions to the document are bracketed in red.   (Updated 5/22/08)
  • Worksheets (Updated 4/25/08)

Examples/Tools

• Assessor Questionnaire  - courtesy of Ontario County
• Town Supervisor/City Manager Questionnaire  - courtesy of Ontario County
• Staffing Estimators  
• Typical Staffing Worksheet
• Production Staff / Time Estimation Worksheets
• Level of Service Worksheet

Grant Community

• Current Collaborative Assessment Practices (Updated 6/10/08)
• Assessment Improvement Studies (Updated 4/8/09)
• Tax Collection Studies (Updated 2/5/09)
• Assessing and Tax Collection Grant Study Workshop Questions and Answers 

Publications

• Overview of Assessing Study Grants (Updated 8/26/08)   PDF
• Collaborative Assessing - Potential Options for Study Under the CPTAP Grant Program
• Assessment Administration Analysis Workbook & Worksheet prepared by Association of County Directors of Real Property Tax Services
• Self-Review Guide for Assessing Units - based on the standards of the International Association of Assessing Officers
• Municipal Options for More Efficient Assessment Administration  (Updated 6/30/08)

Maps

• Assessing Grant Map  (Updated 7/8/08)
• Tax Collection Grant Map (Updated 7/8/08)

Presentations 

• Tax Collection Database Grant Study Workshop: Preparing a Comprehensive Study
• Assessing Grant Study Workshop: Preparing a Comprehensive Study
• Summary of RPTL Definitions